[2020] Wargaming, why did you reset my settings?

Because the entire audio system has been reworked.

List of changes:

Improved sound quality for all settings.


Improved sound quality for multi-channel sound systems (5.1; 7.1; and others).


Updated sounds for ship engines. Sounds are divided into two types—steam turbine and diesel, each with its own distinctive tone.


Updated sounds for aircraft engines.


Updated ambient sounds with the Ultra sound quality setting selected.


The SFX volume slider has been removed from the audio settings. Previously, the slider was used to control all non-musical in-game sounds, with the exception of voice messages. Thus it duplicated the other sliders located in the audio settings tab on the right-hand side of the screen.


A new "Damage audio volume" slider has been added. This is used to control the sound of shells' interaction with all surfaces and ships, and the effects they cause.


Added an option to adjust the volume of the horn that sounds when launching the game. It can be adjusted with the "Music in the Port" slider.

Because of the increase in quality, namely support 5.1 and 7.1 the settings had to be reset.

-Hapa

Not sure why you think they were degraded. With the surround support, putting the audio to Ultra is pretty amazing!

-Hapa

We actually have an article coming out soon to help optimize it for everyone! Hopefully that will help! I will definitely send this feedback up though!

Mahalo,

-Hapa

Also, you should try playing with a headset, the sounds really are so much better with one!

-Hapa

A few quiestions:

1: Are you playing in full screen or windowed?

2: Did you manually set your FPS higher before? Because if that is the case it was reset with this last patch and you have to re-set it.

3: What resolution are you using?

4: What kind of monitor do you have ? (I ask because some people have high end gaming monitors and some do not)

-Hapa

I actually already suggested this :) I also would like more volume sliders to customize more, however, I would worry that this may clutter the Audio section a bit too much.

-Hapa

I have been in apartments for years cause Navy life didn't really allow for me to have a house, so I have always used headsets. But definitely understand your point :)

Could you do me a favor and shut "Vertical Sync" OFF and run a coop, let me know if that helps? If you have it on that is.

-Hapa

I have already put this feedback up.

-Hapa

If you are on a laptop, more than likely you will not be able to push your FPS past 75 at most.

Folks,

We upgraded the sound set up to better support high end systems. ANY time a game developer does something like this, we can't just keep your setting the way they are. Because this is a major change, so some of your settings may be detrimental to the set up you currently have hardware-wise. The new "Ultra" setting is more advanced than the prior.

-Hapa